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NOVEMBER 28 Hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving with your families.  I am sure you enjoyed getting away from the pool, and the smell of chlorine for a day.  It is now time to get back in the pool and have that last push for our meets in December. SWIM AND ROCK MEET WRAP UP Although it was a very long weekend, our Senior Prep and Junior Gold and Junior Blue groups had an outstanding weekend of swimming. Both Friday and Saturday we had 40 swimmers who made finals later in the evening.  We had some Pa. cuts achieved and a lot of JO cuts attained and a lot of personal best throughout the weekend.   Over the weekend I had many swimmers come to me after their races and I ask, "So how was that?" and the answers ranged from "Good", "Not So Good", "Bad" or "Terrible".  My first thought is to ask them if they are talking about the time or the race.  Don't get me wrong as a coach I know how important that time is to the athlet

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 I need to start with some housekeeping items from last week. First off I missed some of our high school students that are trying out for their high school teams this week. I guess they grow up so fast that it's hard to think of them as starting high school, but I do want to mention that Andrew H. Emma L. And Gillian G. Have also been trying out this week. Also in our Saturday meet a couple of weeks ago Graham Evers swam his first 400 IM. SWIM AND ROCK MEET : This is a prelim and finals meet Friday and Saturday which means the top 16 (13 and overs) and the top 8 (11-12) will swim again in the evening. You need to check before leaving in the morning to see if you made finals. If you do not scratch ( coaches approval) and fail to show up you will be scratched from the rest of the meet. To fail to show up is bad sportsmanship and reflects badly on you, your coach, and Makos. Positive Check IN: THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE COACHES. W
We are now into our 9th week of the season and with 3 meets behind us we are now getting ready for our mid-terms which are the next 3 big meets. Here is a look at what is coming up: SWIM AND ROCK MEET: NOVEMBER 21-22-23 @OAK MARR   This is a trails and finals meet on Saturday and Sunday and what that means is that the 11 and overs will swim prelims in the morning and the fastest 16 (13 and overs) and the fastest 8 (11-12 year olds) will return in the evening.  IF YOU MAKE THE FINALS YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP OR YOU NEED TO SCRATCH (COACHES APPROVAL) THE EVENT BEFORE LEAVING IN THE MORNING.  IF YOU DO NOT SCRATCH AND FAIL TO SHOW YOU WILL BE SCRATCHED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE MEET. I am aware that we have a lot of swimmers trying to get cuts for Lancaster so we are treating this as a championship meet.  This means that you may dust off those fast suits and get them ready,  shave if you need to although I know that you will swim fast because you wear that MAKO cap and Heather Shannon an